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March 15, 2006
Surprises, More Surprises, And Aren't We Pleased with Ourselves!
I actually sat down this afternoon and wrote! And the result did not suck--otherwise, I wouldn't be blogging about it, I guess. It's been more of that sort of week and I was feeling tired and dispirited, feeling a little resentful that the business has had me running around--even though these are chores that I enjoy. Besides, it was the afternoon and I'm a morning person.
I seem to have caught a weird and interesting voice that I'd stumbled upon earlier this year in a story called Advent, a sort of Orwellian tale, even if I say so myself. And then I couldn't get hold of it again, except in a kind of imitation-of-myself kind of fashion. But when I get hold of the 'voice' again, I can usually pull the rest of the narrative back in line using a sort of mental 'squint'.
The downloading of the voice was accompanied by a trance-like state. Plus I was listening to Nirvana Lounge 3. There's a song on track 4 that would sound like Bad Bollywood Day if I wasn't so spaced out. The cover of this album is a virulent pink. There is no accounting for my tastes!
Finally, a whiff of news. Local author made big--Kate Grenville has won the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Here's a link to the article in The Age.
Posted by girija at March 15, 2006 08:34 PM